One lawyer’s crusade to defend extreme pornography – The Guardian
‘Myles Jackman is on a mission to change Britain’s obscenity laws. For him, it’s more than a job, it’s a moral calling.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Month: September 2015
Regina (Unison) v Lord Chancellor, (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) (Nos 1 and 2) – WLR Daily
‘The Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 whereby fees were payable by a claimant or appellant on the commencement of a claim or an appeal and also in advance of the final hearing unless they were entitled to a remission on account of limited means was lawful and not discriminatory.’
WLR Daily, 26th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Bell – WLR Daily
Regina v Bell [2015] EWCA Crim 1426; [2015] WLR (D) 371
‘Where a defendant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for an offence of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility which had taken place 14 years earlier (and before the coming into force of the Criminal Justice Act 2003), article 7.1 of the Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms did not prohibit the minimum term imposed from being a heavier penalty than the one that was applicable at the time the criminal offence was committed.’
WLR Daily, 27th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Indecent images: is the law out of control? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘On 3rd September 2015 the news reported the case of a 14 year old boy who took a naked photo of himself before sending it to a female classmate via Snapchat (a smartphone application that deletes a message or a photograph 10 seconds after it has been read). She took a screenshot of the photo and decided to send it to other people at school.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th September 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Baby boy trapped in legal limbo after family judge rules father has no legal rights over his son – Daily Telegraph
‘Child’s genetic father not recognised as parent under UK law despite full agreement of American surrogate mother.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Society: overhaul employment tribunals and scrap fees – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Radical changes to the employment tribunal structure are needed to ensure unlawful workplace practices do not go unpunished, the Law Society has said.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
An affair to remember–cyber crime implications of the Ashley Madison hack – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In the wake of the Ashley Madison hacking affair, Matthew Richardson, a barrister at Henderson Chambers, considers the criminal law implications and looks at how computer crime legislation is developing to deal with these types of issues.’
Full story
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th September 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Jail for sex attacker foiled by woman who turned out to be kickboxer – The Guardian
‘A sex attacker has been jailed after the kickboxer he tried to assault caught him in a headlock with her legs before raising the alarm.’
Full story
The Guardian, 7th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Aylesbury child sex ring: Six jailed for total of 82 years over horrific schoolgirl abuse – Daily Telegraph
‘Vikram Singh, Asif Hussain, Arshad Jani, Mohammed Imran, Akbari Khan and Taimoor Khan sentenced after grooming victims with inexpensive gifts.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
European rules would make it harder for LeO to reject complaints – Legal Futures
‘The European directive on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) will not only extend the period for making complaints about lawyers from six to 12 months, but reduce the grounds for the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) to reject them, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 8th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
EAT: employee on ‘permanent’ sick leave did not transfer to new employer under TUPE – OUT-LAW.com
‘The job of a telecoms engineer on long-term sick leave with little prospect of returning to work did not transfer to a new employer as he was not “assigned” to the team when the team he worked as a part of was transferred to another service provider, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th September 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
David Bedenham Discusses HMRC’s Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme that Commences on 1 October 2015 – 11 KBW
‘Alcohol duty fraud costs the treasury an estimated £1 billion per annum. HMRC has stated that
‘the wholesale sector is the major point where illicit alcohol is diverted by organised criminals into retail supply chains…this link in the supply chain is vulnerable because it is the only activity not required to be authorised by HMRC…Introducing a requirement for wholesalers to register with HMRC will address this and reduce opportunities for fraud.’’
11 KBW, 4th September 2015
Source: www.11kbw.com
Commercial Court Judgment on Solicitors’ Minimum Terms: What is related? – Hailsham Chambers
‘A Commercial Court Judge has decided that 214 claims arising out of two similar property developments do not arise from “a series of related matters or transactions” for the purposes of the solicitors’ minimum terms and so cannot be aggregated. This has the potential to have a major impact on the approach currently taken in coverage work.’
Hailsham Chambers, 18th September 2015
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
School sex crime reports in UK top 5,500 in three years – BBC News
‘More than 5,500 alleged sex crimes in UK schools were reported to police in the last three years, BBC figures show.’
BBC News, 6th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Consumer Rights Act 2015: an overview – Henderson Chambers
‘The Consumer Rights Act 2015 is a landmark in the field of consumer law. In anticipation of the coming into force on 1 October 2015 of many of the provisions within the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Henderson Chambers will be publishing a series of alerters highlighting different aspects of the new statutory regime, particularly insofar as it governs the content of consumer contractual relationships and how products should be offered to consumers.’
Henderson Chambers, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
Crime would fall if jail population was halved, says penal reform charity – The Independent
‘Billions of pounds would be saved and crime would fall if the prison population were slashed by more than half, a penal reform charity claims.’
The Independent, 7th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Diver jailed for fraudulently selling three cannon found in UK waters – The Guardian
‘A professional diver has been jailed for two years after he falsely claimed to have found three rare 17th-century cannon in international waters so he could sell them to the highest bidder rather than surrendering them to the nation.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Shipman reforms ‘could have saved Furness General Hospital babies’ – BBC News
‘Baby deaths at an NHS hospital could have been prevented if reforms recommended after the Harold Shipman case were made, it has been claimed.’
BBC News, 5th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Colin Pitchfork parole hearing: How to assess a killer’s risk – BBC News
‘Thirty years ago, brutal child killer Colin Pitchfork became the first person to be convicted using DNA profiling.’
BBC News, 6th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
